Rinsing and draining device for clothes.



R. GOSMAN.

RINSING AND DRAINING DEVICE FOR CLOTHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. l9l5- RENEWED FEB. 24. me.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

2 SHEET$-SHEET l- INVENTOR Roberr Gosma WITNESSES A 7TORNEYS R. GOSMAN.

RINSING AND DRAINING DEVICE FOR CLOTHES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1915. RENEWED FEB. 24. 19l6.

1,214,297. Patented Jan. 30,1917.

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ROBERT GOSMAZN', OF AMAGANSETT, NEW YORK.

BINSING AND DRAINING DEVICE FOR CLOTHES.

Application filed March 13, 1915, Serial No. 1 1,069.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT GosMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Amagansett, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Rinsing and Draining Device for Clothes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clothes washing machines, and has particular reference to that type of washers in which the rinsing and draining of the clothes are accomplished.

Among the'objects of the invention is to so construct the frame and body of the machine that it will stand erect or substantially erect with the clothes and suds retained in or adjacent one end of the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for use in connection with the washer body for draining or otherwise separating the suds from the mass of washed clothes.

The foregoing and many other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustratedin the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in longitudinal section, of a part of this invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 shows the position of the parts when applying the clothes draining device to the body of the washer; Fig. 4 shows a subsequentposition in which the clothes are shown received and held in the draining device; Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the draining device above referred to; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 7 is a modified form of basket which may be used-instead of that form shown in the other figures, the view being a horizontal section below the top rim of the basket; Fig. 8 is a modified form of draining device; and Fig. 9 is a view indicating the application of the last mentioned draining device to the main body of the washer.

The several parts'of this device may be made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and spe cifically claimed.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 341, 191?.

Renewed February 24, 1916. Serial No. 80,306.

deferring more particularly to the drawings, I show at 10 a washer body of substantially rectangular form in cross section as shown herein, and having cylindrical ends 11. The bottom 12 of the body is substantially straight and flat except for. any suitable character of transverse corrugations or other roughening means to increase the cleansing effect upon the clothes adapted to slide thereover from one end of the body to the other along} with the suds or other cleansing fluid. The corrugation or roughening may extend to any desired extent around the curved ends 11 of the body. Said body is supported upon a frame member 18 including a pair of rockersl l adjacent one end of which is secured a wheel or caster 15 which may serve as a means to limit the extent of rocking motion in one direction and also as a means to easily transport the machine from one place to another when the machine is tilted so as to be supported upon such wheel.

The side walls 16 of the body are or may be substantially fiat and smooth and disposed in parallel vertical planes. The top 17 is substantially parallel to the bottom 12 and is provided with a large mouth or opening 18 at its center which may be closed normally by anyv suitable form of lid or cover 19 shown herein as hinged at one side 20 to the side of the month. As shown best in Fig. 1, the curved ends 11 of the body extend upwardly and inwardly toward each other preferably in continuous arcs of circles and terminate,-as shown at 21, in ends which project downwardly at some distance from the plane of the top 17. This construction insures the turning over of the mass of clothes at the end of each rocking movement of the machine, whereby, as the clothes move along the bottom in one direction, they are given a certain amount of rubbing, and then, when moved in the reverse direction, a different portion of the clothes is rubbed. At any suitable points adjacent the ends of the body, I provide handles 22 shown as supported upon brackets 23 on the top 17. The machine is rocked ordinarily through the grasping of one or both of these handles. Another handle 24 secured by a bracket 25 to one end of the machine oppodling the machine along the wheel 15. This handle 24 may also be used in rocking the machine.

The machine thus far described is designed especially for employment of a drain ing device for the clothes while the machine is standing in the upright position shown in Fig. 4.

The draining device may partake of different forms, but in each case is projectable into the interior of the body through the opening 18 against the lower rim of which and the opposite bottom wall of the body the draining device is supported. The preferred form of draining device which may also be used as a rinsing apparatus is shown best in Figs. 5 and 6 and in diagram in use in Figs. 3 and 4. This draining and rinsing device comprises a reticulated basket 26 comprising upper and lower rims 27 and 28 respectively, connected by spaced rods or bars 29, the general form of the basket being frusto-conical with the smaller end at the rim 28 at the bottom thereof. One side, however, as shown best in Fig. 6 at 26, is flattened for intimate application against the substantially fiat bottom 12 of the washer body. The front portion of the rim 27 indicated at 26 lies against or upon the lower cross bar of the frame of the opening 18, as shown at 18 in Fig. 4, while the fiattened portion of the basket lies against the bottom 12. The bottom 30 of the basket is of any suitable open mesh or reticulated material, permitting free movement of the suds or water therethrough in either direction.

A bail, comprising side bars 31 and a cross bar 32, is secured to the upper rim 27 whereby the draining and rinsing device may be manipulated. A handle 33 may be secured to the cross bar 32 to assist in this purpose. With the machine tilted as shown in Fig. 3 and with the mass of clothes lying at or adjacent the end opposite the handle 24, the basket 26 is introduced into the position above described and then the machine is rocked in the opposite direction and tilted into its substantially upright position as shown in Fig. 4, during which movement of the machine the mass of clothes will slide readily into the basket while the water flows therethrough, occupying the lower end 11 of the body or from which it may be drained by the drain plug 34. The basket in this position is supported firmly and with its center axis substantially vertical. In or der to facilitate the draining action I provide a follower comprising a disk or head 35 to the bottom of which is connected a conical spiral spring 36 having its largest coil at its lower end and being of a size and form fitting just within the rim 27. The follower also includes a shank 37 extending upwardly from the disk and guided between a bracket 38 on one side and a toothed wheel 39 on the other side and held in place against the cross bar 32 by means of a turn button 40. A crank 41 is secured to a shaft 42 on which the pinion 39 is fixed, and hence, while the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4, the operator grasping the handle 43 with one hand and turning the crank 41 with the other, will cause the follower to be forced downwardly, bringing the spring and disk 35 into pressing action upon the clothes with any suitable degree of force, causing the suds to be squeezed therefrom. The draining and rinsing device thus far described may be removed from the body of the machine by lifting it directly out through the opening 18 and may be plunged with the clothes therein into a pail or auxiliary tub with rinsing water therein, and then, by manipulating the plunger up and down with respect to the basket and hail, this being done either by the use of the rack and pinion or by a direct action upon the handle 43, the clothes will be thoroughly agitated in the rinsing water and thereafter the rinsing water may be squeezed from the clothes by the same process as above described, either while the basket is supported within the body of the washer or elsewhere, as maybe found most convenient.

The modified form of basket, shown in Fig. 7, includes a corrugated sheet metal wall 29 instead of the. rods 29, but otherwise it is of the same nature and operation. In Figs. 8 and 9 I show a modified form of draining-device, the same comprising a substantially fiat rectangular frame 44 having a bail 31 and a handle 33 at its outer end. The main portion of the frame is fitted with a reticulated mesh member 45 which directly supports the clothes when the frame 45 is introduced into the body of the machine, as shown in Fig. 9, and supported upon the bar 18 and the bottom 12 in a horizontal position. This position is maintained also'by reason of a projection 46 extending downwardly von the inside of the bar 181 The introduction of this form of draining device into the machine to receive the clothes is performed in substantially the same manner as described in connection with Figs. 3 and 4, and while the clothes are supported thereupon, as shown in Fig.

combination, a tapered receptacle having an open mesh bottom, a rigid bail secured to the upper rim of the receptacle and extenddraining device for clothes comprising, in

ing thence upwardly, a plunger comprising a shank slidable along the bail, a disk secured to the lower end of the plunger and a conical coil spring secured to the lower surface of the disk and extending downwardly therefrom, the taper of the spring being reverse to that of the receptacle, and means carried by the bail for controlling the movements of the plunger shank.

2. The herein described rinsing and draining device for clothes comprising a receptacle having an upwardly directed flare and so constructed as to permit the Water to pass freely into and out of the same, a bail secured permanently to the upper rim of the receptacle, and means cooperating with the bail to act upon the clothes in the receptacle to agitate and compress the same, said last mentioned means including a conical coil spring substantially filling and closing the upper end of the receptacle.

8. The herein described rinsing and draining device for clothes comprising a receptacle of upwardly flaring form and constructed to allow the Water to enter and leave the same freely, one portion of the receptacle body being flat, and means permanently connected to the receptacle and serving to agitate and compress the clothes therein, said last mentioned means including a coil spring, the outermost turn of the coil being of a size to just fit within the top of the receptacle and having a straight portion along said fiat portion of the receptacle, substantially as set forth.

at. The herein described rinsing and draining device for clothes comprising a receptacle tapered downwardly and having a reticulated bottom, a bail for manipulating it, and a combined agitator and compressor cooperating with the bail and acting downwardly upon the top of the clothes within the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT GOSMAN.

Witnesses:

ELBERT VIVIAN PARSONS, CHARLES W. liAoKETT, Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

